RPC III, 2559

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2559
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Lydia
City Tripolis
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus
Obverse design bust of Athena, right with crested Corinthian helmet and aegis
Reverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ
Reverse design Emperor in military dress standing left, crowning with his right hand a trophy of arms standing before him, left resting on spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 12
Reference BMC 55
Specimens 14 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 55 (and Pl. XL, 5)
2 2     L: 1979,0101.2087
3 3     O: Milne 1925 ex Sotheby, 11 Dec. 1924, lot 69 = Weber 6967
4 4     P: 1817
5 5     P: 1818
6 6     Cop SNG 745
7 7     V: GR 15459
8 8     Mu SNG 811
9 9     B: I-B
10 10     ✸ Hirsch 212, 2000, lot 532 = MünzZentrum 154, 13 Jan. 2010, lot 272 = Künker 333, 16 Mar. 2020, lot 416
11 11     CGT ex G. Boersema stock
12 12     Istanbul Gökyıldırım 920
13 13     Freiburg: 13826
14 14     Münster: M 1244